Gurudwara Pathar Sahib, a holy and blessed Gurudwara constructed in the memory of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, founder of the Sikh religion about 25 miles away from beautiful place Leh, on the Leh-Kargil road, 12000 ft above sea level. The Gurdwara was built in the year 1517 to commemorate the visit to the Ladakh region of Guru Nanak Dev.

Here, on this place, Guru Nanak Dev Ji is believed to have conquered a demon.Currently, the army is looking after the Gurudwara. Today the site and the Gurdwara that now covers the boulder are worshipped by Sikh Sangat.

A tale behind this is that once a wicked demon lived in the area who terrorised the people where the gurdwara is now situated. The people prayed to the Almighty for help. It is said that Guru Nanak heard their woes and came to their aid. He settled down on the bank of the river below the hill where the wicked demon lived. The Guru blessed the people with sermons and became popular in the area. Seeing this, the demon came into anger and decided to kill Guru Nanak Dev. Once Guru Nanak was meditating at this place and a demon to obstruct his prayers had thrown a big rock towards him, but the rock turned into soft wax. The Guru kept on meditating unhurt and undisturbed. In a fit of anger, the demon tried to push the boulder with his right foot, but as the rock still had the softness of warm wax, his foot got embedded in it. Pulling his foot from the boulder the demon was surprised to see the impression of his foot in the stone. On seeing this, the demon realized the spiritual power of the great Guru. He fell at the feet of Guru Nanak Dev and begged for forgiveness. Guru Sahib advised him to get rid of his wicked ways and asked him to lead a life of a noble person. This changed the life of the demon, who gave up evil deeds and started serving the people. The rock with the imprint of the body of Guru Nanak Dev and the footprint of the demon is on display in Gurdwara Pathar Sahib.

During 1515-1518 when Guru Nanak was returning to Punjab through Srinagar, after travelling to Sikkim, Nepal, and Tibet, he had rested at this place. It is believed that Guru Nanak Dev reached Leh via Sikkim, Nepal, Tibet, and Yarkand.

The bulldozer driver tried to push the huge stone to the side, but it refused to move. Gunning the engine he pushed the powerful machine to its limits, but the boulder refused to give way. Suddenly, with a large snap, the blade broke, and the work stopped. That night the driver had a dream in which a voice told him not to move the stone.

In the morning he narrated his dream to one of the army officers who guard the mountain passes of Ladakh. The soldier told him, not to give any importance to the dream. When all efforts to remove the boulder had failed, it was decided to blow it apart with dynamite the next day. That night the army officer also had a dream not to remove the stone.